Can you really trust family connections???

Gen_4:9  And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

There was a time in history when people were tormented for their faith, knowledge of the bible and obedience to it.

There were persecuted to the point of death.

If a person studies these histories, a person WILL find that Parents disowned their own children for their beliefs.  These parents were fearful of the "institutional church."  The beliefs were simple in those days and the issue was only BAPTISM!  It wasn't because of how a candle was lit or the types of verses a person says in a liturgical way, no, it was over the simple issue of baptism, and the AGE in which a person truly accepts the gospel!

There were other people who helped bring the bible to the people.


Today the KJV bible is available to the poor.  Political people on the far-right and the far-left who "read english" but do not read into the HEART have a higher tendency to "betray" their own kin!  Hence, we NEED to focus on the scripture to give our HEARTS positive and EVERLASTING words!  Psychological abuse is sure to brew somewhere....even among family members that are morally aloof a lot or a little, but continue on with faith!

There are elements where we simply CANNOT control what other family members do with their life, due to proximity of living arrangements, whom they married, health conditions, work-place schedules and so forth.  However, if a family married a RACIST person (evidence is by lack of wanting knowledge of the minority culture and respect to it) or an individual that is severely opposed to "biblical things," then there is an element of persecution that brews.

This element of being neglected by family can even occur among Jewish people.  Though there are only about 4 different types of Judaism, yet many different types of Jewish groups (Ashkinazi etc), there are times where a person decides to follow YESHUA, and the family will "hold a funeral" for the person.

There ARE times where it is morally WRONG to trust a family member.  Especially if you are raising children and there is a LOT of obscene things or support for it going on in another family member's home.  Issues like "Cheating" may seem like no-big-deal to those when they are practicing that, but when the REALITY shows up about the children that are affected by the lies and manipulation, it is VERY obvious that SIN is a root of problems in family issues.  King David obviously had this issue in his home, he continued to raise his family, but the elements of problems brewed from generation to generation.  The only hope was in JESUS to fix the battle......humanity simply cannot fix on its own terms.  JESUS shows TRUE brotherly and sisterly love (repair of the brokenness).

The bible also mentions "family connections" in the gospel.  The cousin of Mary, Elizabeth, was a participant in the story of the bible.  So John the Baptist was the Second Cousin or a first cousin once removed from Jesus.  The connections were strong enough that pain in the heart was felt, if the family member suffered.

I have minority family members (including middle east...a lot and a little).  Indigenous to the bible.  My children have minority conditions too.  Anytime something goes on, the information travels through FAMILY much faster than it did in history......but the issues in the HEART are the SAME.  There are variant persecutions against certain family members, due to philosophy (or misinterpretations) that brews in another group of people.....like from college environments and so forth.

Note: Just because you are "Norwegian" and live among the "native americans" does not mean that you fully RESPECT their culture and life.  Beware of the assumption that political praise = full understanding of the ways a minority people group suffers.  No, the way to understand a group of suffering people is to SUFFER WITH THEM.

In summary, sometimes you CAN trust family connections.  Sometimes the family connections are WEAK or in SUFFERING.  Sometimes you simply CANNOT trust family connections.  A good way to "test" the connection is to look OUTSIDE the immediate family (into the 2nd cousin range) and see what quality the family sees in you.  If these connections are not available, a good church group and/or neutral party will be able to determine if there is "damaging" or "encouraging" behavior in the family.  Obviously JESUS knew he COULD trust some family connections because the book of JAMES was written by JESUS own brother.

If a family member acts like this child in this video.....how could a person even....not feel such compassion for the abandoned family member that went to the "streets" to solve issues of life...

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